Jun 14 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Last week we featured a few of the debut Carina Press authors and this week, we’ll feature a few more (they all were supposed to go in the same post(…)
Jun 7 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Today we have a special compilation of the Carina Press debut authors. These are a group of authors who sold for the very first time to Carina Press, the brand(…)
May 31 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Days of Grace is Catherine Hall's debut novel: “an emotional coming-of-age story woven with a rich historical World War II tapestry and Hall's own blend of sepia-tinged nostalgia.” Sounds like(…)
May 26 2010
Mingmei Yip, Author of Petals from the Sky Meng Ning's journey begins at the bottom of a well outside Hong Kong, where, while awaiting rescue, she does some pretty heavy thinking for a thirteen-year-old girl. The experience leaves her with a desire to become a Buddhist nun, and years later, it seems that is to be(…)
May 24 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Marie-Claude Bourque is the American Title V winner and author of Ancient Whispers, a sensual gothic paranormal romance filled with sorcerers and Celtic priestesses in search for eternal love in(…)
May 17 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Lydia Dare is the writing team of Tammy Falkner and Jodie Pearson. Both Tammy and Jodie are active members of the Heart of Carolina Romance Writers and live near Raleigh,(…)
May 12 2010
May 10 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Pam Rosenthal writes lush historicals and her RITA nominated title, The Slightest Provocation, is being reissued in mass market this month. *** It wasn't difficult to find an agent to(…)
May 3 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. UK bestselling author Jill Mansell has written nearly twenty romances, and sold over 4 million books. A master of romantic comedy, her smart, sassy style has an irresistible appeal for(…)
Apr 26 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Winner of the Booksellers Best Award and the Romantic Times Award for Love and Laughter, Amelia Grey’s books have been sold in Europe, Russia and China. Married for over twenty-five(…)
Apr 19 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Kate Quinn’s first book, Mistress of Rome, is in stores now. *** 2008 had not started well. My fiancé and I spent New Year's Day driving through a blizzard on(…)
Apr 12 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Christy English’s first novel, THE QUEEN’S PAWN, is out in stores now. *** It took me just over three months to get published-well, three months and ten years. I began(…)
Apr 5 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Mary Carter’s fourth novel, My Sister’s Voice, is due in stores at the end of May. I have to say I love the cover and the line “Every love leaves(…)
Mar 29 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Today’s story comes from debut author, Julianna Stone, whose first book “His Darkest Hunger” is in stores tomorrow (or maybe even today). *** My first sale story is more about(…)
Mar 24 2010
"I couldn't sell Taken by Storm pre-Twilight," says Angela Morrison of her YA debut. It's not hard to imagine the factors that made the novel a tough sell: a multi-genre narrative that combines poetry, first-person, and IMs; loads of sexual tension that exclude it from the inspirational market even though one of the main characters(…)
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